“Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who
hates correction is stupid” (Prov.12:1 NIV)
“That
irritable pride that hates reproof. As if it were an affront to be told our
faults, argues not only want of grace but want of understanding - brutish
folly. Like the horse which bites and kicks at the man, who performs a painful
operation upon him; though absolutely necessary for removing a dangerous
distemper. He is surely a brute and not a rational creature, who has swallowed
poison and will rather suffer it to take its course than admit the necessary
relief of medicine, lest he should be obliged to confess his folly in exposing
himself to the need of it. O, for a teachable spirit to sit at the feet of our
divine master and learn of him.”
Charles
Bridges commentary on Proverbs
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